Wilson has won 10-5, which leaves two matches stilll going - Higginson 9-7 Donaldson and the last frame decider between Cahlll and Hill as mentioned above by XQ
Very pleased with my prediction for Darryl Hill to win 10-9! he must be relieved though after being quite far in front.
Round one complete then, looking forward to tomorrow, some very good match ups. A lot of the games really could go either way, think there'll be a few close ones!
Peter Ebdon looks like he's going to struggle to qualify this year currently 4-0 down to Stuart Carrington, also a little bit surprised that Michael White trails 2-6 to Craig Steadman
yes, very surprised to see Michael White losing 6-2, he's certainly doing this the hard way. Amazing to think that he was so close to not even needing to qualify!
as for other matches, we could have a long match tonight between Igor Figueiredo and Rod Lawler (there's a surprise!), they have only played 3 and a half frames in 2 and a half hours!
Michael White ends the session 2-7 down, looking good for Craig Steadman to make the final round of qualifiers, other players with healthy leads are Grahame Dott, Mitchell Mann and Alan McManus
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Round one complete then, looking forward to tomorrow, some very good match ups. A lot of the games really could go either way, think there'll be a few close ones!
as for other matches, we could have a long match tonight between Igor Figueiredo and Rod Lawler (there's a surprise!), they have only played 3 and a half frames in 2 and a half hours!
Ken Doherty is 2-1 up on Lee Walker this afternoon and Dominic Dale is 3-1 up on Joe Swail
Matthew Stevens leads Peter Lines 5-3
Thursday
Yes, the format for the world championship was released on the same day as the draw was released for the qualifiers.